Work Experience
IATSE Local *** September ****-Present
Local Stagehand
●Set & Stage Construction
●Audio/Visusal Tech
Leadfoot Express July 2021-August 2022
Driver
●Transported freight
●Met delivery deadlines
Best Cabs September 2019-July 2021
Driver
●Transported clients
●Provided non-emergency medical ambulance service.
Salisbury Construction Supply July 2018-September 2019
Warehouse Manager
●Processed incoming freight
●Maintained warehouse inventory
Grove’s Liquor July 2017-July 2018
Retail Sales Associate & Store Security
●Stocked and Maintained Inventory
●Customer service
Television News Producer August 2015-January 2016
KSN News, Wichita, Kansas
●Gathered and edited news content
●Developed Story Ideas for Reporters
Test Operator January 2013-August 2013
Integra Technologies, Wichita, Kansas
●Maintained ESD safe and ISO-9000 Quality Standards
●Extensively Documented Test Findings & Procedures
Teaching Experience
School Age Before &After School Director January 2017-January 2018
Wichita YMCA
Library Media Specialist August 2016- January 2017
Wichita Public Schools, William Allan White Elementary School
Adjunct Instructor December 2015-August 2016
ITT Technical Institute
●Student Advising
●Composition and Rhetoric Instruction
English Language Arts Teacher June 2014-August 2015
Winfield Middle School, Winfield, Kansas
●Common Core Curriculum Development and Alignment
●Data Based Student Progress Monitoring
●Reading and Literacy Intervention
Alternative Education Instructor August 2013-May 2014
Project Encore, El Dorado, Kansas
●Common Core Curriculum Development
●Cross Content Learning and Instruction
●Student Motivational Coaching
Student Teacher (Literature & Language Arts) August 2012-December 2012
Wichita High School East, Wichita, Kansas
●Kagen Learning Structures
●Classroom Management & Enrichment
Cooperative ParaEducator (Algebra & Geometry) February 2011-May 2012
Wichita High School Southeast, Wichita Kansas
●Classroom Monitoring & Proctoring
●Individual Tutoring & Mentoring
●Class-Within-Class Engagement
Education
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas August 2012-December 2012
●Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education
●Kansas State Licensure: English & Language Arts (6-12)
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas August 2003-December 2009
●Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting (Graduate Cum Laude)
●Bachelor of Science in Journalism
●Bachelor of Arts in English
Skills
Strong Creative Content Development & Editing Skills. Adept in AP, APA, MLA writing styles. Flexible, adaptable, & capable with digital & 35mm SLR Cameras. PC & Mac Literate. Experienced with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, InCopy, HTML, Blogger, Wordpress, Social Media, OdysseyWare & ESIS. Experienced with Web & Print Publishing, FinalCut Pro, iMovie, iTunes, Book Design & Layout, eBook Design, Illustration, Photo Illustration, Printmaking, Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Ceramics, Sculpture, & Microsoft Office Suites
Honors
Dean’s List, Wichita State University, College of Education 2012
Nominee, David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award 2009
Recipient, Grant K. Goodman Playwriting Award 2006, 2007, 2008
Member, Gold Key National Honor Society 2007
Winner, American Vision Award, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2003
Publications
Atlas: A Novel (The Atlas Trilogy, Book 1) 2012
Piano Music Continues (Four Short Plays) 2015
References
Paul Stephen Lim
(M.F.A. Thesis Chair and Mentor Playwright)
Professor Emeritus, English
University of Kansas
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Nancy Sturm
(College Instructor, Education)
Wichita State University
Campus Box 104,1845 Fairmount
Wichita KS 67260-0123
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John Perkins
(Cooperating Teacher, Mentor)
Wichita High School East
2301 E. Douglas
Wichita, KS 67211
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Kris Ehling
(MTSS Facilitator, Mentor)
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Brooks Middle School
Stucky Middle School
Jennifer Peterson
(Cooperating Teacher, Mentor)
Wichita High School East
2301 E. Douglas
Wichita, KS 67211
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Andrea Ayers
(Friend)
2612 Rawhide Ln.
Lawrence, KS 66046.
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